Title: Post Date Change Redirection Author: Gagan Deep Singh Published: October 15, 2013 Last modified: February 10, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/post-date-change-redirection/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1718900) # Post Date Change Redirection By [Gagan Deep Singh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gagan0123/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/post-date-change-redirection.2.0.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/post-date-change-redirection/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/post-date-change-redirection/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/post-date-change-redirection/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/post-date-change-redirection/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-date-change-redirection/) ## Description Plugin handles the permalink changed due to changes in the post date when post date is used in the permalink structure. Tries to correct any malformed permalinks by trying to find the post in case of 404(File not found) header. It is just plug and play, activate it and it starts working, no configuration required. ## Installation 1. Add the plugin’s folder in the WordPress’ plugin directory. 2. Activate the plugin. 3. Now the plugin will handle the 301 redirections for the changed date posts ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5007b2d2ce92b87b869a6431dad41566c79df7865770507510dc396f57e50b11? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-3147/)󠁿 [cattolit](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cattolit/) September 3, 2016 I had thousand of these errors: everything gone! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8604b9e2faf9426aa84f289e7cc0aacb67bb94a26b9485da5fc4ff459565bd36? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Saved us](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saved-us/)󠁿 [Studiofreya](https://profiles.wordpress.org/studiofreya/) September 3, 2016 This plugin is very useful. Thank you! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/705ff36aad03963ff4086435bff2a0c2b48984939cdb1faae3d5492c5f5fb929? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works like a charm!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-like-a-charm-751/)󠁿 [trainingday](https://profiles.wordpress.org/trainingday/) September 3, 2016 From time to time, a post on my site gets updated and I want it to be displayed on the front page again. So I also update the post date. Which breaks incoming links. This plugin is handles this use case very well. Quick install – no configuration needed. Works like a charm! [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-date-change-redirection/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Post Date Change Redirection” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Gagan Deep Singh ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gagan0123/) [Translate “Post Date Change Redirection” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/post-date-change-redirection) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-date-change-redirection/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/post-date-change-redirection/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/post-date-change-redirection/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/post-date-change-redirection/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * Initial plugin #### 1.1 * Tested with WordPress 4.0 #### 2.0 * Added feature to search old post slugs as well * Made sure that query variables, if any, are also passed along in the new URL ## Meta * Version **2.0** * Last updated **2 months ago** * Active installations **50+** * WordPress version ** 1.5.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-date-change-redirection/) * Tags * [301](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/301/)[post date](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-date/) [redirection](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/redirection/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/post-date-change-redirection/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-date-change-redirection/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-date-change-redirection/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-date-change-redirection/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-date-change-redirection/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-date-change-redirection/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-date-change-redirection/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-date-change-redirection/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Gagan Deep Singh ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gagan0123/) ## Support Got something to say? 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